1994 Cork Senior Hurling Championship Explained

1994 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Dates:29 April – 11 September 1994
Teams:20
Sponsor:TSB Bank
Champions: Carbery
Count:1
Champions Captain:Barry Harte
Champions Manager:Noel Crowley
Runners-Up: Midleton
Runners-Up Captain:Ger Power
Runners-Up Manager:Ollie O'Keeffe
Matches:20
Goals:72
Points:485
Top Scorer: Brian Cunningham (4-13)
Previous Year:1993
Previous Tournament:1993 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Next Year:1995
Next Tournament:1995 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

The 1994 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 106th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 12 December 1994. The championship ended on 11 September 1994.

St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Midleton in the semi-finals.[1]

The final was played on 11 September 1994 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Carbery and Midleton, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Carbery won the match by 3–13 to 3–06 to claim their first ever championship title.[2] [3] [4] It remans their only championship title.[5]

Brian Cunningham was the championship's top scorer with 4–13.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Results

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Brian CunninghamSt. Finbarr's4-132538.33
2Alan BrowneBlackrock3-1221210.50
Tony O'SullivanNa Piarsaigh0-212137.00
4Richie LewisImokilly0-202045.00
5Pádraig CrowleyCarbery0-181844.50
6Ger ManleyMidleton1-121535.00
7Niall AhernSarsfields1-1013113.00
Dan O'ConnellCarbery3-041343.25
9Kieran MorrisonUCC2-061226.00
Ronan SheehanAvondhu0-121226.00
Seánie McGrathBlackrock0-121234.00
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Alan BrowneBlackrock3-0413Duhallow
Niall AhernSarsfields1-1013Na Piarsaigh
3Brian CunninghamSt. Finbarr's2-0511Midleton
4Billy McCarthyAvondhu3-0110Muskerry
Richie LewisImokilly0-1010UCC
Tony O'SullivanNa Piarsaigh0-1010Carbery
7Dan O'ConnellCarbery2-028Na Piarsaigh
Gerry MaguireUCC1-058Seandún
Tony O'SullivanNa Piarsaigh0-088Blackrock
Alan BrowneBlackrock0-088Na Piarsaigh

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Barrs - a history. St. Finbarr's GAA website. 9 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Senior Hurling Finals 1970 - Present. Cork GAA Finals website. 9 August 2016.
  3. Web site: The Barrs - a history. St. Finbarr's GAA website. 9 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Classic county hurling finals: Carbery bounced back to upset the odds in 1994. Echo Live. 20 June 2020. 9 August 2016.
  5. Web site: FLASHBACK: Carbery hurlers stunned Midleton to lift the county crown in 1994. Echo Live. 20 October 2019. 9 August 2016.